Oldsmobile Achieva Complaints (1997)

63 consumer complaints on file.

#566009June 6, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 02V070000 IGNITION CAMPAIGN, HOWEVER WHEN VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO DEALER, DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT PERFORMED RECALL UNLESS CONSUMER PAID FOR LABOR. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT *DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010336May 22, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
DEALER: COURTESEY CHEVROLET OLDSMOBILE, ORLANDO, FL; PHONE# 407/295-7000 WANTED TO CHARGE CONSUMER $600.00 FOR RECALL REPAIRS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007046April 8, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING 70-73 MPH, AND ENGAGED IN CRUISE CONTROL. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006739April 1, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
VEHICLE HAD NO HEAT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED WATER PUMP/ GASKETS, AND SEALS HOWEVER, . PROBLEM REOCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9005223February 13, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
DEFECTIVE ENGINE HAD STALLING PROBLEMS REPLACE ALTERNATOR AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. CUSTOMER STATES HEARS A BANGING NOISE WHEN STEPS ON BRAKES INTERMITTENTLY, FRONT PADS WORN, CUSTOMER DENIED WORK AWARE NEED FRONT BRAKE. PUMP LEAKING, REMOVE AND REPLACE WATER PUMP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899523November 27, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH CONSUMER LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND VEHICLE SPED UP, AND RPMS WENT OVER 3000. CONSUMER NOT ABLE TO SLOW VEHICLE BY APPLYING BRAKE. SHE TURNED OFF ENGINE. VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743211March 28, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
PCM/TCM REPLACED TWICE AS WELL AS IGNITION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS PROBLEM. NOW I AM TOLD THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL IS IN FAILURE AS WELL. PCM REPROGRAMMED SEVERAL TIMES PRIOR TO REPLACEMENT A SECOND TIME. CAR HAS BEEN IN INTERNAL FAILURE OFF AND ON, I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WOULD GIVE OUT ON ME. CAR AT DEALERSHIP NOW FOR THE 7TH TIME IN 3 MONTHS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883255March 16, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
VEHICLE STALLED IN OCT 2000. DEALER FOUND NOTHING. ON 14 MAR 2001, CONSUMER WAS AT STOP LIGHT, APPLIED GAS AND VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD. THEN, PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE, AGAIN NOTHING. CONSUMER PUT BACK IN DRIVE, AND VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD, ENGINE REVVED. DEALER AGAIN FOUND NOTHING. *AK COOLANT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THERE WAS A COOLANT SMELL PRESENT IN VEHICLE, DEALER REPLACED COOLANT SYSTEM; WATER PUMP, COOLANT PUMP, TIMING CHAIN, VEHICLE STALLED AND DEALER REPLACED THE BELT TENSIONER. VEHICLE WOULDN'T ENGAGE IN ANY GEAR, DEALER REPLACED A BROKEN SHIFT CABLE CONSOLE SHIFTER AND FOUND SHIFTER BOOT COMING OUT, DEALER INSTALLED NEW SHIFTER. CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE HAS ROUGH IDLE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560076March 5, 2001
SEATS
CONSUMER STATES THE BACK REST IS LOOSE, DEALER REPLACED BUSHING, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND IT IS GETTING WORSE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880484February 13, 2001
INTERIOR LIGHTING, POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY DASH LIGHTS STARTED TO FLICKER ON AND OFF, AND SPEEDOMETER STOPPED. CONSUMER STATED THAT PANEL LIGHTS WERE JUST OUT OF CONTROL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870190September 11, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25MPH ON A SIDE STREET AND ON RAILROAD TRACKS, FRONT OF VEHICLE UNDER CARRIAGE WENT DOWN TO THE TRACKS, AND AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722882May 18, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
DEALER LET HIS GIRLFRIEND AND WHOEVER DRIVE THE CAR AND PUT 2000 MILES ON IT PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE. THEY LET IT GET TO LOW ON OIL , THUS CAUSING THIS ENGINE FAILURE. HE REFUSES TO REFUND MY MONEY OR PAY FOR ENGINE REPLACEMENT. ANOTHER FRIEND OF MINE ALSO BOUGHT A CAR FROM HIM AND HER ENGINE WENT BAD ALSO, HE IS AN ALCHOLIC AND JUST GOT OF JAIL AS OF THIS WRITING FOR HIS FOURTH DWI THIS YEAR, 2000. HE FORGETS WHAT HE TELLS PEOPLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861693May 10, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE TRAVELING 40-45 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722268May 4, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
TRUNK IS LEAKING AND HAS BEEN TO THE GARAGE 4 TIMES AND HASN'T BEEN FIXED. *AK( DOT NUMBER: 345 TIRE SIZE: 215/65R/15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861028April 26, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH INTERMITTENT ENGINE STALLING. ALSO, ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF, INDICATING BRAKE FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF BRAKE FAILURE. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OR MORE OCCASIONS, AND NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720024March 12, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
HAVE CONTACTED DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE, DEALER SOLD CAR WITH SPARK PLUG MISFIRES, STALLING, AND A BADLY NEEDED TRANSMISSION FLUSH *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#857617February 28, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BETWEEN 30-50 MPH THERE WAS A LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER EXCEPT THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY DIE. DEALER WAS TRYING TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851759November 24, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE #97V05900 FOR UNDER HOOD FUSE. CONTACTED DEALER, WHO IN TURN, CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. WAS INFORMED NO RECALL FOR FUSE CENTER LOCATED ON VEHICLE BY VIN #. VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. ALSO, OTHER PROBLEMS INCLUDED: IGNITION COIL BURNED OUT COMPLETELY, CAUSING SPARK PLUGS TO GO BAD/HAD WATER PUMP & THERMOSTAT REPLACED/CROSS CASTER AT PERMANENT RIGHT ANGLE WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO PULL RIGHT, AND FRONT BRAKES WENT COMPLETELY OUT, CALIPERS/ROTORS WERE NOT REPLACED, AND ,PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852042November 22, 1999
SEATS, VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK
THE PASSENGER'S SEAT SLIDES AROUND. WOULD FAIL TO LOCK AFTER BEING PUSHED BACK OR FORWARD. THE WINDOW FELL OUT OF TRACK AFTER GOING DOWN OR UP. THE ANTI-FREEZE WOULD LEAK ON SIDE OF CAB. THE TRUNK FAILS TO STAY LOCKED AFTER BEING SHUT. IT KEEPS POPPING OPEN. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK ON DEFECTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713788October 24, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
ON 3/30/99 WAS DRIVING 70 MPH ON SMOOTH INTERSTATE, DRY ROAD CONDITIONS WHEN DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. WAS ABLE TO PULL CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD. CONTACTED GM THAT AFTERNOON AFTER RETURNING FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOM. SUFFERED WHIPLASH AND STRAINED BACK AND NECK MUSCLES. GM TOOK REPORT. WENT SEVERAL MONTHS WITH NO INFO FROM THEM. GM CONTACTED US TO TRY TO SETTLE, BECAUSE OF TIME AND DOCTOR BILLS INVOLVED, WE EMPLOYED AN ATTORNEY. GM TOLD US BECAUSE WE GOT AN ATTORNEY THAT THEY WOULD NOT SETTLE AS QUICK. FINALLY OF 6/9/99 GM EMPLOYEES CAME TO OUR PLACE OF BUSINESS AND LOOKED AT CAR AND REMOVED COMPUTER FROM UNDER THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. SAID IT WOULD TAKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO "DRY IT OUT" SO THEY COULD TELL WHAT HAPPENED. AS OF THIS DATE, GM IS GIVING US THE RUNAROUND AND HAS SAID THAT THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE BOX TESTED YET. WE DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO BRING THIS INCIDENT TO A CLOSE BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF MEDICAL BILLS AND I AM STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY NECK AND BACK WHICH IS GREATLY AFFECTING MY WORK. SOMEHOW ONE OF THE PEOPLE FROM YOUR OFFICE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS INCIDENT AND CONTACTED US, HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM HIM, HOWEVER HE WAS SURPRIZED THAT GM HAD NOT TRIED TO SETTLE WITH US. THIS CAR IS USED AS OUR PERSONAL CAR AND WHEN GM REMOVED THE COMPUTER BOX, THEY DID NOT OFFER TO HAVE THE COMPUTER OR THE AIRBAG REPLACED. WE ARE HAVING TO DRIVE THIS CAR IN THIS CONDITION AS WE CANNOT AFFORD TO PURCHASE ANOTHER CAR TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON AND KEEP PAYING FOR THIS ONE, AND WE DO NOT FEEL THAT WE SHOULD BE OUT THE MONEY TO REPLACE SUCH ITEMS. WE ARE ACTUALLY AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AN AIRBAG BACK IN IT, AS NOW WE DO NOT TRUST THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. HOPE YOU CAN HELP OR TELL US WHAT WE CAN DO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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